Plato Quotes

I'd forgotten it's an important thing to give thought to your morality and how you intend to live your life.

You know, there's a right and wrong way to do everything.

For me, the only sources of moral values are the pursuit of understanding and the pursuit of happiness.

I try to do things the right way.

It's important to understand your ownership pattern because it is an expression of the values that guide your life. The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life.

There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?

Our moral philosophy determines our values - what we care about and what we don't care about - and our values determine our decisions, actions, and beliefs. Therefore, moral philosophy applies to everything in our lives.

Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.

The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.

My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.

I threw my whole life and lived my life in a certain way to make sure that I would never violate any law.. certainly never any criminal laws.. and always maintained that most important to me was my integrity, was my character, were my values.

Integrity means having the courage to do what is right, and what is aligned with your values, no matter the situation.

Morality may exist in an atheist without any religion, and in a theist with a religion quite unspiritual.

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

Living with integrity means... behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values.

I try to do the right thing.

Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.

What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.

I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way.

Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to you.

O philosophy, you leader of life.

It is through truth & non-violence that I can have some glimpse of God. Truth & non-violence are my God. They are the obverse and reverse of the same coin.

Purpose ... is held to be most closely connected with virtue, and to be a better token of our character than are even our acts.

Some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not.